On Sept. 25, 2009, the City Council voted unanimously to honor me. Although I was disappointed that my dog wasn’t allowed to join me in the chambers that day, I was almost happy for once. I’d been publicly nagging the council for an award for nearly a year, and I’d finally seen the fruits of [...]
Steve Gold takes a lot of great pictures at City Council meetings that often don’t make our Council Report stories because there just isn’t the space. So we will sometimes bring them to you in a slide show of outtakes. Enjoy.
Although this Wednesday’s council meeting was not as packed as the last two were, a relatively large crowd of about 200 were present in council chambers for at least part of the five-hour proceeding as the council considered nine first-read ordinances, 13 second reads and 27 resolutions.
- Not Many Attendees at Spectra Public Meeting: While the proposal to route a natural gas pipeline extension through Jersey City has drawn criticism from a bevy of politicians and some local residents, turnout was light at Tuesday night’s public informational meeting.
- Council Action: An ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time was removed from [...]
- Elections Move Criticized: City clerk Robert Byrne told the City Council this week that moving municipal elections to November could create chaos inside the voting booth and potentially create the need for two separate ballots at the polls. The elections move, allowed by a state law passed early this year, is supported by Ward [...]
- Full-Time Council? Ward F councilwoman Viola Richardson is introducing an ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time, and another to increase the maximum salary for council members from $22,500 to $90,000 and for council president from $24,500 to $100,000. Both would begin July 1, 2013, and are meeting resistance from the administration.
- Re-introducing Bills: [...]
- Auto Fluids Contract Questioned: A company that donated about $3,000 the the campaigns of City Council members, and another $2,500 to the Hudson County Democratic Organization, has been awarded a contract worth up to $100,000 to provide automotive fluids and lubricants to the Public Works Department. City officials say the contract doesn’t ban [...]
Steve Gold takes a lot of great pictures at City Council meetings that often don’t make our Council Report stories because there just isn’t the space. So we will sometimes bring them to you in a slide show of outtakes. Enjoy.
The proposed municipal budget was once again the star of the show at Wednesday’s council meeting, drawing a rowdy crowd of 500 or so to the council chambers — dozens of whom spoke out in protest of what is likely to turn out to be a hefty tax hike. But there was plenty more going on as well.
- At Budget Hearing, Council Hears It From Residents: Last night’s public hearing on the city’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget brought a huge crowd to City Hall. The crowd packed council chambers while speaker after speaker got up to protest the proposed budget, which would result in a property tax hike. Douglas Carlucci has a [...]
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